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Consubstantial

Same nature with the Father.

Arius’ central idea about the Son of God

There was a time when the Son was not God.

Gregory Nazianzen's quote

"What is not assumed is not healed."

Hypostatic Union

Single-subject union; Jesus is both fully human and fully divine.

Theotokos

Mary as the God bearer.

Dyophysitism

"Two-naturism"; Jesus is one person that has two natures.

Monophysitism

The belief that Jesus’ two natures become a single nature.

Theopaschite formula

The second person of the Trinity experienced death in the flesh for our sake.

Three kinds of confession according to Augustine

Confession of Faith, Confession of Sin, Confession of Praise.

Meaning of confession in a pre-Christian context

Acknowledgement.

Difference between Augustine’s Confessions and an autobiography

God is the main character, not Augustine.

Two goals of the Confessions

To praise God and to lead others to God.

Three purposes of rhetoric according to Cicero and Augustine

Delight, Teach, Move/Persuade.

Four stages of Lectio Divina

1. Read (repeat), 2. Meditate, 3. Pray, 4. Contemplate.

Manichees' view on evil and the divine

It is a dualist battle between Good and Evil.

Neoplatonic conception of evil

Evil is a deprivation or absence of Good.

Disciplina arcani

Hidden practice; to be transformed into Christ by receiving the Eucharist.

Two kinds of faith

Faith as an act of belief and Faith as a habit/virtue given by grace.

Monica

Augustine’s mother.

Key beliefs of Manichaeans

Dualists who believe that Good and Evil are equal.

Augustine's famous line about God

"You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."

Three kinds of corruption according to I John 2:16

Lust of the flesh, Lust of the eyes, Pride of life.

Two kinds of authors of scripture

Humans and God.

Augustine's perception of the Trinity in Genesis 1

The Father makes the world through His Word and Spirit.

God’s rest according to Augustine

Signifies eternal rest with Christ in heaven.

Vicarious Atonement

The Son of God bears our punishment, making perfect satisfaction to God.

Recapitulatory Atonement

The Son of God repairs human nature as the New Adam.

Christus Victor Atonement

The Son of God stages a cosmic jailbreak, liberating humans from sin and Satan's power.